Studies have shown that ~90% of skin cancers can now be directly attributable to ultraviolet light exposure. “It’s not so much that the sun has changed,” explains Dr. Mamelak, “it’s our attitude towards the sun that has changed so dramatically.” The popularity of tanning, for example, is a recent phenomenon, having developed over the last part of the 20th Century. The fashion of having tanned skin did not exist before the 1930s. The persistent popularity of indoor tanning also seems to be a contributing factor. Roughly 400,000 instances of skin cancer per year, including 6,000 melanomas, can be directly attributed to indoor tanning. (Source)

If you’re white, are you ready for Ra’s hate for you and the Yakub Melanoma Season 2015? According to AccuWeather.com Expert Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok, “periods of warmer-than-normal temperatures will come and go during the course of the summer and the East overall is forecast to be hit by more 90-plus degree days (than usual) this summer. What does that mean for your health? Government experts have warned that climate could have huge implications for it, because a temperature rise of just 2C will lead to skin plague rates going up by more than 20 per cent. Continue reading →